Then they told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”

(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)

At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.

because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.